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Hello Triplex. Maybe you've seen some of the grain cars that have been refurbished by CP. For a while, the Government of Canada wanted to unload the cars. There was a large movement by the grain farmers to obtain the fleet for a dollar. However, the fleet needed major repairs so the...

There are a number of owners of the ubiquitous Canadian grain car - the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of Saskatchewan, Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway. The cars owned by the Government of Canada have two types of reporting marks - CPWX...

It's bad enough trying to figure out where the bolsters were manufactured as the train pulls by, but trying to figure out where the wheelsets were manufactured!? Not exactly an easy task! Remember that not all of those defective wheelsets would go onto new bolsters. A lot of those wheelsets...

More details. Very interesting! Recall of faulty wheels falls short At least 10,000 in batch linked to 18 derailments are missing, safety board reports OLIVER MOORE The Globe and Mail June 6, 2008 A massive recall of faulty wheel sets blamed for numerous train derailments has turned...

Hi Rob. Yes it was up in York Durham before it came down to Trenton. The colours of the photo above that I took in Trenton are York-Durham colours. The ownership of the locomotive wasn't all that clear as, for many years, the Canadian Trackside Guide showed it as being leased from Nelson...

Pretty well most diesel locomotives built after the first generation of diesels such as the GP9s, were built "short hood" forward with the control stand oriented to handle that situation. CNs original GP9s were numbered in the 1700 series. Atlas made HO scale models of CN GP9s with #1706...

Thanx Rob. Glad to hear it's up and running. Here's a photo of what it looked like when it was down in Trenton back in the fall of 2006.

The "Toronto Heritage Railway Centre" Locomotive #1 was manufactured in Kingston by the Canadian Locomotive Company from components made by Whitcomb. CLC made these locomotives under licence from Whitcomb. Up until last year, the locomotive was sitting in Trenton, Ont on the last piece of...

If you ever see a train derailment on television in North America (can't speak for the rest of the world) you will see wheelsets all over the place. Your first comment will be "where in the world did all of those wheels come from?" Next time you see a freight train roll by, take a look at...

The top photo was taken after the track was weathered and fastened to the module deck. The bottom photo is after the scenery was added and the track ballasted. You may notice that the bottom photo is looking down the track into the siding on the right in the top photo. You have to look...

When it comes to joining the track and weathering it, here's some tricks of the trade that I use. Cutting Rail Joiners Rail joiners are too long, so cut them so that you only are using ½ to 2/3 of the joiner. Simply slide the rail joiner onto a piece of scrap rail, take an Atlas Snap Saw...

The CN GP9s were all built with high hoods when first delivered by GMD of London, ON. They ran long hood forward as that was the way all road freights ran. It was only later on that the "back" high hood was chopped, the controls in the cab reorganized and the direction was short hood forward...

Nope. Railway passenger cars. Window covers for railway passenger cars where the window slides up. A friend and I developed a neat way to fabricate window covers for passenger cars so that the rocks wouldn't see the sun reflecting off the glass and decide to launch themselves through the...

If it's an Atlas with the lightboard, Atlas and Digitrax both make a PC board equivalent that you can drop in to replace the lightboard. For install instructions, check out this page on my website. Atlas Decoder Install - Pg 1 You can also install some headlights to replace the clear...

Sorry I can't reduce it down to the small-bottle size. I've only had this stuffed mixed up in quarts and gallons. Bob M.

Oops, I almost overlooked this one. Yup, here's the one for the freight cars. CNR #11 Red was used on freight cars and cabooses until the late 60s. The following formulae are intended for use with Home Hardware Beauti-Tone Alkyd Exterior Rust Coat Paint: CNR #11 Red, Home Hardware...

Exacto Mundo CNR #11 Green was used on passenger cars, diesel locomotives, and steam locomotives of the 5700, 6400, and 6060 classes, from 1938 until 1962. The following formulae are intended for use with Home Hardware Beauti-Tone Alkyd Exterior Rust Coat Paint: CNR #11 Green, Home...

If you're looking for CN#11 Green or #11 Yellow, let me know as I have the Home Hardware formula for quarts and gallons but not for any smaller size. I guess that, since this is a thread on the prototypes, these would be the appropriate sizes? VBG!! Bob M.

Ulf, if you are looking to bring more organization to your module railroad club, you might want to consider the following processes/procedures. Set up a mailing list at a discussion forum such as YahooGroups (Does The Gauge have mailing lists for discussion forums?). Have each of your club...

Ulf, rather than using plaster, which adds weight to the module, try sculpting hills/mountains out of styrofoam and fill in the contours/ gaps between the deck with spackling compound. This is similar to plaster but has a texture like "Dream-Whip" dessert topping. And you have a lot more time...